304: ‘2020 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/24/20
•169m
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A look back at one hell of a year.
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Links:
- Reuters ignites long simmering Project Titan talk.
- My take on this Apple car rumor.
- Elon Musk off-handedly quips that he tried to sell Tesla to Apple a few years ago and Tim Cook wouldn’t take the meeting.
- Loren Brichter’s “Chome Is Bad” single-serving website.
- Pitch Meeting: “Tenet” (the best review of “Tenet” you’ll see).
- Rene and yours truly debating whether Macs will and/or should support touchscreens on Rene’s YouTube channel, with the full-length version available on Nebula.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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303: ‘Half of the Bikini Emoji’, With Matthew Panzarino
December 11, 2020
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Matthew Panzarino joins the show to talk about Apple's new AirPods Max headphones and the future of the Mac on Apple Silicon.
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Links:
- Panzarino: “This Is Not a Review of Apple’s New AirPods Max Headphones”.
- Yours truly: “Heavy Is the Head That Wears the AirPods Max”.
- Panzarino’s M1 MacBook Pro review, with jaw-dropping speed and battery life results from Xcode.
- James Mangold to direct fifth Indiana Jones movie.
- Todd Vaziri on a fun audio Easter egg in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Steve Martin’s “autograph” cards.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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